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2005 Percy Heath, American Musician

1996 Percy Edwards, animal imitator, dies at 88

1995 Henry A Walter Richard Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland, dies at 42

1995 Percy Humphrey, musician, dies at 90

1994 Singer Percy Sledge pleads guilty to tax evasion

1992 Percy Herbert, actor (Captain Apache), dies of heart attack at 72

1990 Walker Percy, physician/novelist (Lancelot), dies of cancer at 73

1989 Percy Stuart, Suriname/Dutch sports journalist, dies

1984 Percy Norris, deputy high commissioner of India, shot dead

1984 Percy Mayfield, U.S. singer (Hit the Road Jack), dies at 63

1980 Charles Percy Snow, British writer (Friends and Associates), dies at 75

1978 Carleton Percy Hobbs, actor (I Claudius, Dark Places), dies at 80

1977 Percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93

1976 Percy Julian, holder of more than 138 chemical patents, dies at 78

1974 Percy Ellsworth, safety for the New York Giants

1973 Eileen Percy, silent film actress (Wicked, Backstage), dies at 72

1971 Percy Helton, actor (Homer-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 77

1970 Percy Brier, composer, dies at 84

1967 Percy Snow, WLAF linebacker for the Rhein Fire

1967 Ethel Percy Andrus, educator and founder of AARP, the American Association of Retired Persons , dies

1964 Percy Kilbride, actor (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies at 76

1961 Mike Percy, rocker, Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round

1961 Percy Aldridge Grainger, Australian/US composer/pianist, dies at 78

1953 Henry Percy, 11th duke of Northumberland, godchild of Elizabeth II

1946 Percy William Whitlock, composer, dies at 42

1940 Percy Sledge, soul singer, When A Man Loves A Woman

1939 Percy Scott Worthington, architect, dies

1932 Percy Pitt, composer, dies at 63

1932 Percy Fletcher, composer, dies at 52

1930 Percy Williams runs world record 100m (10.3 sec)

1926 Violet Percy runs female record marathon (3:40:22)

1925 Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp, Iacocca is 8 months old

1924 Percy Rodrigues, born in Montreal, Quebec, actor, Brainwaves

1923 Percy Heath, American Musician

1920 Percy Fender (Surrey vs. Northants) scores 100 in 35 minutes

1920 Percy Mayfield, U.S. singer, Please Send Me Someone to Love

1920 Percy Mansell, cricketer, leg-spin all-rounder in 13 Tests for South Africa

1919 Charles H. Percy, born in Pensacola, Florida, Senator-R-Illinois 1967 - 1985

1918 Percy Thomson Dean, lt-commander, killed at Zeebrugge, dies

1916 Walker Percy, Birmingham, Alabama, writer, Adventures of a Bad Catholic

1913 Percy Thrower, English radio host

1912 Percy Aldridge Grainger's "Shepherd's Key," premieres

1911 Percy Mackaye's "Scarecrow," premieres in New York City

1908 Percy Edwards, animal imitator

1908 Percy Faith, conductor, Summer Place

1905 Percy Humphrey, musician

1903 Percy William Whitlock, composer

1900 Eileen Percy, Belfast Ireland, silent film actress, Let's Go

1899 Percy L. Julian, chemist, drugs for treatment of arthritis

1898 Carleton Percy Hobbs, Farnborough England

1894 Percy Helton, New York, actor, Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men

1892 Percy Fender, cricketer, legendary Surrey and England all-rounder

1888 Percy Kilbride, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Egg and I, Ma and Pa Kettle

1887 Esme Percy, born in London, England, actor, Old Spanish Custom

1886 Percy Holmes, cricketer, England, 555 partners with Sutcliffe for Yorks

1885 Percy Brier, composer

1884 Ethel Percy Andrus, born in San Francisco, California, educator and founder of AARP, the American Association of Retired Persons

1883 Percy Marmont, born in London, England, actor, Captain Apache

1882 Percy Grainger, Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor, Hill Songs

1881 Percy Lesueur, hockey player/inventor, large goalie glove

1880 Percy Sherwell, cricketer, great South African batsman-keeper-captain

1879 Percy Fletcher, composer

1875 Walter Percy Chrysler, found Chrysler Corp, 1925

1872 Samuel R. Percy patents dried milk

1869 Percy Pitt, composer

1858 Percy McDonnell, cricketer, Australian batsman of the 1880's

1855 Percival "Percy" Lowell, U.S. astronomer, predicted discovery of Pluto

1822 Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29

1811 Thomas Percy, English bishop of Dromore, dies at 82

1792 Percy Bysshe Shelley, born in England, romantic poet, Adonais

1729 Thomas Percy, English literary/bishop of Dromore

1626 John Aubrey, born in Percy, England, English writer, wrote 'Brief Lives'

1403 Henry Percy, Harry Hotspur, killed in battle at 39

1364 Henry Percy, Harry Hotspur, British soldier/politican


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